Strike Anywhere- Change Is A Sound. I wouldn't change a single thing about this album. The melodies are strong, the lyrics (For me) are excellent, and it just seems to scratch a certain itch flawlessly.

Been listening to this a lot after over a decade of a hiatus and damn is it amazing. Their first album was psychotic hardcore, but this followup added metal and psychedelic elements to create one brilliant and hard to define release, since it's a bit too "alternative" to be labeled crossover, yet they are far from what would be considered alternative, at least concerning this release. It's fantastic with excellent musicianship with a few songs boasting some weird time signatures. I can't even pick a favorite track, but if forced, "Among The Ruins" is just perfection.

Definitely Giles Corey - S/TThis is one of the darkest, most disturbing bands I've ever heard. And most of the music is only made up of a clean guitar, sung vocals, and almost happy melodies and chords. The man behind it tried to kill himself, and Giles Corey is his way of documenting his search to see if life is worth living. This is, by far, the most brutally honest music I've ever heard, and at times it can be awkward hearing this guy lay open his soul so completely.

Les Discrets - "Septembre Et Ses Dernières Pensées," and "Ariettes oubliées..."Since the MA doesn't consider them metal, I'll throw these guys in there too. They're kind of like an Alcest with a much more grounded, earthy feel. They showcase such a diverse set of emotions (sorrow, hope, melancholy, even content) that feels much more real than if they had just focused on depressing stuff. The production is also some of the best you'll ever hear, it perfectly matches the various moods of the band.

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I never give perfect scores to anything as a matter of principle ("From the crooked timber of humanity nothing straight is ever made" --Immanuel Kant, and all that), but I would definitely give over 90 to Kansas' Leftoverture, which is definitely my favorite prog rock album. Some stunning riffs and absolutely beautiful melodies on there, and you can hear the tremendous influence it had on progressive metal--much more, I think, than the really big British prog rock bands. There's a lot more Kansas in Dream Theater's first two albums than Yes, ELP, or Pink Floyd.

I'd really like to hear a metal cover of "Carry on My Wayward Son" that's not shit one day. Yngwie Malmsteen and Stryper are not worthy.

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Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, AnimalsLed Zeppelin - IVPearl Jam - VitalogyVan Halen - Van Halen ( I like Women & Children First more but this is no bad songs just a list of classics and near classics )Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction ( probably the best hard rock album of all time, too bad they never came close again )Rush - 2112 ( A Farewell to Kings, Moving Pictures, and Permanent Waves are close )David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

A few of the Scott era AC/DC albums come close, the pure attitude on those albums is amazing, but never are able to quite get there. Highway to Hell, High Voltage, & Let There Be Rock are all mid 90's though.

To me, this is quite possible the best album ever... absolutely flawless. The subtle, perfect instrumentation of guitars and deep, booming drums blend perfectly with the soaring vocal harmonies (Robin Pecknold is totally like, one of the best singers ever guys), from the echoing choruses of "White Winter Hymnal" and "Blue Ridge Mountains" to the stark, beautiful minimalism of songs such as "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song", "Meadowlarks" and "Your Protector", Fleet Foxes manage to create an album that despite being musically rooted in the past, have still managed to create an album effortlessly original and timeless.

Death From Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine

I'm a massive fan of "really good fuckin' noise" and bass guitars. Combining these two therefore seems like a really good idea. Thankfully, Death From Above 1979 have done so perfectly, creating perhaps the greatest bass tone I've ever heard, mixing groove and aggression like no other, the tracks "Little Girl" and "Pull Out" being in my opinion the greatest examples of this, the latter holding the award for "Best Song About Ejaculating On Your Girl's Chest" of all time.

Jiggy wrote:

also the specials self titled album too

The Specials are the fucking bomb.

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Wolfgong wrote:

By the way I am straight and male and get a kick outta tricking chicks to get into their pussy

I wouldn't say I would rate this album 100%, but I really enjoy City and Colour's album "Little Hell." I'm not usually into this kind of indie/acoustic/alternative stuff, but my girlfriend played em in the car recently and it 'clicked' with me. It's a really enjoyable album.

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ghost223 wrote:

I wouldn't say I would rate this album 100%, but I really enjoy City and Colour's album "Little Hell." I'm not usually into this kind of indie/acoustic/alternative stuff, but my girlfriend played em in the car recently and it 'clicked' with me. It's a really enjoyable album.

Indie rock for me is really hit and miss. Some of it I can't stand, having the structure of pop music without any good hooks (vampire weekend) especially when it makes an attempt at rock (arcade fire's month of may is a really bad example of this, and I love how their band has 15 unusual instruments or whatever and you can hear NONE of them) or being meandering and devoid of enjoyment. A lot of the stuff in the 'indie folk' genre I tend to like though such as the fleet foxes, the decembrists and bon iver.

There are two post rock albums i'd give 100% though, both in the same style. Intense, monumental and epic tracks with some classical influence giving a feeling of triumph when the LP ends. Mono's 'hymn to the immortal wind' and yndi halda's 'enjoy eternal bliss'.

I'd prefer not to look back to see if someone else has mentioned this album, due to the thread being 28 pages.

Brian Eno-Ambient I: Music For AirportsMinimalist music is extremely easy to make but extremely difficult to make well. So many ambient albums miss the mark, and the atmosphere and mood suffers for it. There are literal hordes of generic ambient artists who patch together something in 5 minutes and push it out in public.

That said, the creators of modern electronic ambient really need to take a step back and listen to this album again. No doubt, everyone even marginally into the genre has heard at least some of it, and its influence on the genre is undeniable. In my opinion, it is the perfect essence of ambient. There are sweeping soundscapes that build an atmosphere rather than work against it, it's packed with subtleties that even 1,000 listens might not pick up, and most importantly Eno sticks to the basis of musical theory and actually creates a work of music with rhythm, melody, harmony, and dynamics. Combine all of that with a naturally talented individual and you have a masterpiece that trumped all others before it in the genre and is unlikely to be matched ever again. It's a piece of fine art. If you haven't listened to it, go do that right this second. I promise you won't be disappointed.

For me, the artists who get closest to perfect scores are Radiohead and Sigur Ros. I get the feeling Godspeed! might get there too, but I've only just gotten into them recently.

As much as I like 'OK Computer', 'Kid A', 'Amnesiac' and 'Hail to the Thief', my favourites are 'In Rainbows' and 'King of Limbs' - these two are just glorious from start to end. In my opinion, Radiohead just got better and better, and really found their niche.

'()' is, maybe, my only 100% album. It's just out of this world. 'takk' comes very close.

This album is incredibly emotional without it being overkill, very thoughtfully and intentionally nuanced with dramatic lyrical themes and motifs, and just an overall powerful, big sounding piece. I could write about Neon Bible all day. I love it.

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Not really. Plasma sounds like a toilet, but their music doesn't take me on a magical journey to a toilet.

Kingston Wall - III - Tri-LoGySecond best album ever made. 71 minutes of great psychedelic prog rock. First ten songs are like one long journey, you can't say the exact moment when song changes to another. After those ten tracks there's 3 independent tracks, with last one, The Real Thing, clocking at 18 minutes. Second best song ever written. First four minutes of that song is ambient intro and then the main riff, such psychedelia!

Hurriganes - RoadrunnerNow this is rock'n'roll! Almost every song is considered classic (at least here in Finland). It Ain't What You Do, Get On, I Will Stay etc. etc. I LOVE that album.

Los Bastardos Finlandeses - The Day of the DeadHeavily Motörhead influenced hard rock. Best album of 2013 so far, and probably will be still at the end of the year.

Going to have to put Titus Andronicus' The Monitor here as well. Who could've thought that an hour long punk concept album about the American Civil War that ends with a bagpipe solo could be so perfect?

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Wolfgong wrote:

By the way I am straight and male and get a kick outta tricking chicks to get into their pussy

Not sure about giving it 100%, but Fejd's Eifur is beautiful top-flight Nordic folk. So pure and natural, it practically has healing properties. Seriously. Next time you've got a head cold, piss on the pharmaceuticals and let Fejd clear you right up. Damn fine music.

The Beatles - Rubber Soul is just pure magic. Or pure sex - whichever euphemism you want to use for great. It is great. Every song is just a masterwork, with even the weakest ones still being incredibly well done in their own right. "Drive My Car," "Norwegian Wood," "Nowhere Man," "What Goes On," "In My Life," the seminal "If I Needed Someone"...shit, this is just timeless stuff.

_________________"Grow-Room is church temple of the new stoner breedChants Loud-Robed priest down on to the freedom seedBurnt offering redeems – completes smoked deliveranceCaravans’ stoned deliverance"-Sleep's Dopesmoker

I have quite a wide taste as you can see. Anyone care to back me up on any of that?

+1 Internets for you. all great albums.

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Adding some electronic and such:Múm - Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today Is Ok- very odd but i like it a lot, would probably work very well in a movieBurzum - Hlidskjalf- self-explanatory, a masterpiece by the master (the crazy one)Dead Can Dance - Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun, Serpent's Egg- obligatory neoclassical dark wave albumUlver - Silencing The Singing- seems to be overlooked a lot, but a very good album

The Beatles - Rubber Soul is just pure magic. Or pure sex - whichever euphemism you want to use for great. It is great. Every song is just a masterwork, with even the weakest ones still being incredibly well done in their own right. "Drive My Car," "Norwegian Wood," "Nowhere Man," "What Goes On," "In My Life," the seminal "If I Needed Someone"...shit, this is just timeless stuff.